If you haven’t cast your vote yet for your favorite inking app, there’s still time. The polls will remain open until 5pm ET on January 8. Spread the word and tell your friends & family to vote for you!

After months of hard work and a wealth of quality submissions, we are excited to announce the names of our five finalists! These finalists will have been invited to join the Wacom team at CES in January 2016 and will now be competing for the Popular Choice Award!

Just a quick note for those of you who live in Beijing or might be visiting next week: We'll be doing another live demo and meet-and-greet in Wacom's Beijing office on Friday, October 23. Members of the WILL development team will be on hand to do a technical presentation, outline the features of WILL, and provide support for your Inkathon projects.

There’s one month left in the Wacom Inkathon! Submissions are due November 6 before 5pm ET. Need a little real-time help? We're holding virtual office hours w/ the WILL tech team today at 2pm ET. Details below.

Starting a submission is a good way to make sure that your solution meets the requirements. There’s nothing worse than getting to the deadline, only to realize that you’re missing a key component. Remember: once you submit a project, you can keep editing it as needed at any time prior to the submission deadline.

Now that we’re mid-way through the hackathon, we figured we'd give you a chance for some real-time interaction. Next Tuesday, October 6, WILL technology evangelist Sierra Modro will be hanging out online to answer your questions, do some quick tool demos, and help you figure out your ink-plementations. (Sorry. We’ll stop with the ink puns now.) Head over to the on-air hangout at 11am PST / 2pm EST.

Before joining us for office hours, you may want to check out the new Wacom developer portal. It’s got all the things — overview, features, and how…

Who knew digital ink was so transcontinental? Grab your rendering engines and meet the WILL developer team at one of their upcoming global stops in a city near you.

First up: Berlin, followed by Portland and Tokyo. Each event will give you a chance to learn more about how to create stuff with WILL, mingle with the WILL development team, and grab some free drinks and snacks.